So what's what on this "4D" image?

I figured out how to use my Adobe Acrobat to call out what's what in the baby pics for those of you having trouble seeing it. Hope this helps!

29 weeks and all is well

I went to the doctor again yesterday for my final ultrasound and everything looks great. They estimated his weight at 3 pounds, seven ounces, which is in the 65% percentile for size at 29 weeks. He's a big boy! And for those wondering, no, his head isn't huge. They said it's in proportion with the rest of him, which is good news! Apparently he also has a good bit of hair on his head already, which you can sort of see on the ultrasound pics. There's a line of fuzz around some of the pictures -- that's the hair.





The little guy made it tricky for the tech to get all the measurements because he just wouldn't be still for a minute. Pretty typical for him since I feel him moving around all day. She said he's quite the active boy and that he seems fascinated by his little hands. The whole time he kept looking at them and playing with them.

At the end of the appointment when the doctor came in to review all the measurements and take a look at everything himself, I got a nice surprise. He put 4D images on the screen. I don't know what makes it 4D, but that's what they call it. Apparently it has something to do with real-time movement, but anyway, it's really cool. Andy and I hadn't planned on getting any 4D imaging done because it costs a good bit of money if it's an elective thing and we figured we'd just wait to seem him when he's born. So when the doctor put them up on the screen I was really surprised. I didn't even know they had that technology there. When I asked him about it, he said "Yeah, we're only really supposed to used it when it's medically relevant, but hey, it's fun, so what the heck." I really like him :)


Here's one of the 4D images. In this one, he's kind of looking down and he has his hand on his cheek.


In this one, he's looking up and it's a profile shot. You can see his chubby little baby cheek if you know what you're looking at.

I know they can be sort of hard to make out so if I can get one of my graphic buddies here to help out, I'll see if I can post another blog with callouts by the picture so you can see what's what.

Then I'll finally post pictures from the Georgia baby shower and our trip to NY.

The LONGEST drive home EVER

Last week Andy and I drove down to Atlanta to visit my family and go to our baby shower. I'll post more on the trip later and get the bad stuff out of the way first. Up until Sunday night/Monday morning, the trip was fantastic. We went to the Braves game Friday, had the shower Saturday, relaxed on Sunday and then went out for a nice BBQ dinner -- or so I thought.

We got home from dinner and started packing up and I was in bed shortly after midnight. We planned to leave around 8 the next morning to head back to Maryland. Well, that WAS the plan.

I woke up around 3 in the morning feeling awful. I tried to get comfortable but just couldn't sleep. I ended up keeping Andy up the rest of the night too. Around 7 or so I got horribly sick. I couldn't seem to keep anything down. I called my doctor in Maryland and she said I needed to the hospital and get checked out before I even thought about driving home.

My mom and I went to her OB hoping that we could get seen there instead and avoid a trip to the hospital. But, no such luck. I got to the hospital around 9 a.m. and didn't leave there until nearly 1 p.m. The good news is the baby is fine and I didn't have any serious infection or dehydration. I just had to get a shot to keep from throwing up so that I didn't get dehydrated and I was cleared for the road trip.

The bad news is the road trip was 12 hours long. And that's not fun when you're not pregnant or not sick. And it certainly isn't fun when you're both. But we survived (and even swung by Gatlinburg -- more to come on that). We got home around 3 a.m. and I was asleep within about 10 minutes. And I basically slept all day yesterday. I'm feeling much better today, although not entirely myself. Still not sure if I got some sort of bug or just some bad ribs. Either way, no BBQ for me for a while. (Sorry, Andy).

26 weeks and all is well

I know I owe you an exciting conclusion to my previous post about how many people it takes to put together a pack-n-play, but it will have to wait one more post as I still don't have a picture of it.

So in the meantime, I thought I'd let everyone know that I had another routine check-up last Friday and the doctor is very happy with how the pregnancy is progressing. I go next week for the glucose test (standard procedure) to check for gestational diabetes.

My last monthly appointment is May 22 (my 5th wedding anniversary!) and then I switch to every two weeks. And this little guy will be here before we know it. I can't wait to meet him! Guess we better work on that whole name thing some more :)

I have a few more belly pics to post (as my mom has been harrassing me for them. Love you, mom!)

Here's one at 23 weeks


And here's one from today -- 26 weeks


It's growing every day!